Portable grain elevator and stacker.



F. J. HUDZINSKI. PORTABLE GRAIN ELEVATOR AND STACKER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.20| I9I8.

Patented Mar. 18,1919.

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PATENT. OFFICE.

FELIXJ. HU'DZINSKI, OF DARIEN CENTER, NEW YORK.

PORTABLE GRAIN ELEVATOR Ann STACKER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FELIX J. HUDZINSKI, a citizen of the United States,residing at Darien Center, in the county of Genesee and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in PortableGrain Elevators and Stackers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to'harvesting 'machinery and more particularly toa portable grain elevator and stacker for carrying hay, grain, cornandsimilar products to an'elevated point for properly stacking the product.r I

One of the principal objects of'the invention is to provide an elevatorand stacker which will require very little attentionwhile in operationthereby resulting in a material saving in labor; which'may becompactlyfolded when not in use to bestored in-a minimum space; and which may besuitably adjusted by the; operator to raise the. grain to the desiredheight. I

A further object of the invention is to provide a'device 'of thischaracter which consists of comparatively few parts and is simple inconstr'uctiombut durable and well adapted to withstanl; the rou'gh"usa'ge to which devices of this character are ordinarily subjected. v rv, For a full description of the invention and the advantages and meritsthereof, reference is to be hadto the following description andaccompanying drawings, in which: 4 Figure 1 is a side elevation of thedevice constructed in accordancewith my invention, and showing the samein operative position. i

Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing the device in folded positionthedetachable parts being also illustrated.

' responding parts Fig. 3 is an end 'lev'ation of the device asillustrated in Fig. "1; f. 7 f i Fig. {l is a plan view of the carriageframe and the operating mechanism for the carrier. Fig. 5 is ,a detailperspective view of the pivotal connection betweenfthe sections of theupright. i P 7 Fig. G is a portion ofthe collapsible carr1er.-v

Referring to the drawings, in which like numerals of referenceindicatelike or-corthroughout the several views,'thecarriage frame consists ofthe-side bars l ami aamngea in" parallelrelation Specification ofLetters Patent.

detail perspective yiewj of a v Patented Mar. 18 1919.

Application filed. August 20, 1918. Serial No. 250,734.

' and having their ends connected to the front 7 and rear cross bolsters3 and 4. This frame is supported upon front and rear axles to the endsof which the wheels 5 are attached so that the frame may be readilytransported V and moved from place to place. Pivotally attached to theside bars 1 and 2 approximately intermediate the ends thereof, are thecollapsible upright members 6 and 7 each of which comprises two sectionshing- I edly connected together at their meeting ends as indicated at 8.I The upper ends of the members 6 and 7 are joined together by a crossbrace 9. The sections 10 and 11,

which comprise each upright member 6 and 7 are adapted to be folded whenthe device is i collapsed as shown to advantage in Fig. 2 of thedrawing. WVhen in upright position, these upri ht members 6 and 7 aresupported by which-are pivotally mounted as at 13 to the relativelyshort standards 14 carried by the side bars- 1 and 2. The members 12have ,their upper ends notched as at 15 to receive a connecting pin 16carried by the section 11 of each upright member. The lower section 10of each upright member is braced by a relatively short brace arm 17 thelower end of which is also pivotally connected to the correspondingmember ltwhilethe opposite end is notched as at 18 to receive aconnecting pin 19 carried by the member 10. In this manner the uprightmembers are firmly supported when in extended position as shown by Fig.1.

race arms 12 the lower ends of.

Mountedon the forward end of each side i frame bar 1 and 2 is a support20 the upper end of which is provided with a bearing. A shaft'21 has itsend journaled in the bearings in the support 20 and the outer extended 0ends of the shaft are engaged by the notched ends of another pair ofbrace members 22, the opposite ends of which are engaged with the pin 19to assist in bracing the'upright members and also to hold the. supports20 in rigid position. The carrier or elevator indicatedgenerally at B ispivotally mounted on the shaft 21'. This carrier or elevator comprisesside rails each of whichare divided into railv sections 23 and 2 1hingedly A connected together as indicated at 25. The

hingedconnections are offset in the manner shown so that the ends of thesections 23 and 24. will readily abut ati26 when the elevator is inoperative position. portions 27 on the front ends Enlarged of the railsections 23 are provided with openings through which the shaft 21 isextended so that the sections 23 are thereby pivotally connected to theshaft and supported by the supporting member 20. The enlarged portions27 also are provided with openings to provide bearings for the trunnions28 of a roller 29, over which is trained a flexible belt 30. The freeend of each rail section 22 is also provided with a suitable bearing toreceive the ends of the trunnions 31 on a roller 32 over which the belt30 is also trained. A portion of the belt travels between the side rails22 and as shown to advantage in Fig. 6 the belt is provided with aplurality of transversely extending cleats 33 some of which are providedwith teeth 3%. The cleats to which the teeth are attached are also ofgreater depth than the other cleats so that the belt is therebyespecially adapted for all kinds of products such as corn, grain, hayand the like.

To hold the elevator in the position shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, aflexible cable 35 is provided which is trained over a pulley 36 carriedby the cross brace 9 at the center thereof. The cable is then led to oneside as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawing and trained over a pulley 37carried by one of the upright members from which point the cable is leddownwardly and wound on a drum 38 on a shaft 39 supported by the sideframe bars 1 and 2. This drum also carries a ratchet wheel 40 adapted tobe engaged by a pawl 4 1 pivotally mounted on one of the frame bars sothat when the cable is wound upon the drum, the pawl will maintain thecable under a tension to hold the elevator in raised position. The drumis turned by a crank 42 fixed to the end thereof. The opposite end ofthe cable 35 is provided with a hook which is attached to a yoke member43 carried by the rail sections 24. lVhen the cable is held under atension, the elevator is maintained in the desired elevated position andit will be obvious that the elevator may be raised and lowered as it isdesired by winding or unwinding the cable on the drum 38. The carrier orelevator is also collapsible as shown to advantage in Fig. 2 of thedrawing, the rail sections being permitted to swing to folded positionby virtue of the hinged connection 25. The lower portions of the support20 are also provided with bearings for a transverse drive shaft l uponthe ends of which are mounted the pulleys 45 over which may be trained abelt from an engine or other suitable source of power whereby the shaft44 may be driven. This shaft also carries a grooved wheel 46 over whicha drive cable or chain 47 is trained. One of the trunnions 31 is alsoprovided with a grooved wheel 48 over which the cable or chain 47 ispassed whereby the roller 32 may be driven to actuate the conveyer belt.An auxiliary rearwardly extending conveyer is also provided and ispivotally mounted upon the lower end of the main conveyer and consistsof the side rails d9 each of which has its ends adapted to receive thejournals 50 of rollers 51. A belt 52 having cleats mounted thereon ispassed over the rollers 51. Bearings 52 are mounted upon the railsections 23 and the journals 50 of the adjacent roller are extendedthrough the bearings to pivotally support the auxiliary conveyer. At oneside, one of the journals 50 has a grooved wheel 53 which also has thecable or chain 47 passed thereover, so that when the main conveyer beltis actuated, the auxiliary conveyer belt 52 will also be actuated. Theauxiliary conveyer may be any desired length and is adapted to beextended over and beyond the end of the frame to permit the operator toload the hay or grain upon the auxiliary conveyer where it will becarried to the main conveyer for being elevated.

A pivotally mounted hanger 54 is sus-- pended from one of the railsections 23 on the side at which the cable travels, and the lower end ofthe hanger carries an idler pulley 55 for receiving the cable and takingup the slack therein. This hanger may be swung on its pivot to cause theidler pulley 55 to tighten or loosen the cable as desired.

A longitudinally extending short shaft 56 is also mounted at the frontof the frame and the end of the shaft carries a drive pulley 57 whichmay alsobe engaged by the driving belt when it is not convenient toattach the latter to one of the pulleys e5. The end of thisshaft isprovided with a beveled gear adapted to mesh with a similar beveled gearon the shaft 14 as shown to advantage in Fig. 1 of the applicantsdrawings. The mechanism, therefore, may be readily driven from eitherside or the front of the frame.

To fold the mechanism in the position shown in Fig. 2 it is merelynecessary to remove the members 17 and 22 from each side of the deviceas shown in Fig. 2. The brace bar 12 will then be disconnected fromwardly, whereupon the upright sections 10 and 11 of each upright member6 and 8 may be folded upon themselves and swung clownwardly into closeproximity to the frame. By unhooking the cable from the member 13, theside rails of the conveyer may be folded as shown in Fig. 2 so that allof the mechanism 1s compactly folded to take up a mini- .the pin 16 andpermitted to swing downplatform may be swung to any angular positiondesired. This platform is held by the adjustable brace members 60, theforward ends of which are pivotally connected to the platform and theopposite ends are provided with a plurality of longitudinally spacedopenings, any one of which may be engaged by a pm 61 projecting from therail-section 24.

The foregoing description and accompanying drawings have reference towhat might be considered to be the preferred or approved form of myinvention. I desire it to be understood that I may make such changes inthe construction, combination and arrangement of parts, materials,dimensions et cetera, as may prove expedient and fall within the scopeof the appended claim.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

A stacker comprising a frame having relatively short uprights rigidlyfixed thereto at the ends of the frame, an upright supporting memberattached to each side of the frame approximately intermediate the endsthereof, and comprising hingedly connected upper and lower sections,removable brace elements attached to the said rigid uprights and adaptedto be releasably engaged with the lowermost of the said sections wherebythe latter may be held normally vertically while the said removablebrace elements are in position, a relatively long brace element pivotedto one of the saidv uprights and adapted to be releasably connected tothe uppermost of the said sections at each side of the uprightsupporting member, the latter having a cable trained over its top, aconveyer comprising two hingedly connected sections, one of the sectionsbeing mounted for swinging movement on one of the said rigid uprights atone end of the frame the outermost section being connected to the saidcable, the said hingedly connected sections having abutting facesnormally in engagement whereby a tug on the cable will raise the saidlongitudinally alined sections at an angle with respect to the saidframe, and a conveyer trained over the said sections of the conveyerframe.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FELIX J. HUDZINSKI.

Witnesses IZADORY ZYNDA, VINCENTY SYTABA.

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